Marion Estienne

Marion has been working in the field of leadership and team development for over 25 years. As a trainer, executive coach, and facilitator, her passion for leadership development includes the importance of leading ourselves, or self-leadership. Our personal and professional growth and development is quintessential before we can lead others.

Marion’s background is international and she herself has gone through numerous transitions in both her professional and personal lives. Change can be daunting. On the other hand, it offers us the opportunity to renew ourselves and to find satisfaction and fulfillment in every new chapter. It presents us with the opportunity for personal and professional growth. She believes in the importance and even necessity of life-long learning. Others have pointed out the importance of a ‘growth mindset’ so that we can renew ourselves. She follows in the footsteps of many theorists such as Carl Jung and Carl Rogers, who believe our purpose in life is to know ourselves.

She has worked as well for the Center for Creative Leadership in the US as a custom solutions consultant and for such global companies as Roche in Switzerland and Germany, Schindler in Switzerland, Veolia in the UK and Vivendi in France. She began her career as a training and development consultant with Sundridge Park Management Centre in the UK, part of PA Consulting, where she specialized in Leadership and Teams.

Her PhD is from New York University. She researched her dissertation, thanks to a grant from the German Educational Foundation, on the Chair of Prof. Dr. Max Kaase at the University of Mannheim.

She is a fluent French speaker, still speaks conversational German, and has dual nationality, both US and UK citizenship. She currently lives in Boston, MA.